diff --git a/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml b/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
index 532dde9..f29f753 100644
--- a/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
+++ b/stow/.config/matugen/config.toml
@@ -86,24 +86,3 @@ output_path = '~/.config/ghostty/matugen'
 input_path = './templates/vicinae.toml'
 output_path = '~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/matugen.toml'
 post_hook = 'vicinae theme set matugen'
-
-[templates.macos-accent]
-colors_to_compare = [
-    { name = "-1", color = "#696766" }, # graphite
-    { name = "0", color = "#C03437" }, # red
-    { name = "1", color = "#C65D0A" }, # orange
-    { name = "2", color = "#BE8F0F" }, # yellow
-    { name = "3", color = "#409226" }, # green
-    { name = "4", color = "#1B5DC7" }, # blue
-    { name = "5", color = "#AD29AB" }, # purple
-    { name = "6", color = "#BC3F77" }, # pink
-]
-
-compare_to = "{{colors.primary.default.hex}}"
-pre_hook = "defaults write -globalDomain AppleAccentColor -int {{closest_color}}"
-post_hook = "~/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-accent-notification"
-input_path = "/dev/null"
-
-[templates.macos-dark-mode]
-input_path = "/dev/null"
-post_hook = '~/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-darkmode.sh {{mode}}'
diff --git a/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-accent-notification b/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-accent-notification
deleted file mode 100755
index 261fc01..0000000
--- a/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-accent-notification
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env swift
-// from: https://alexwlchan.net/2022/changing-the-macos-accent-colour/
-
-import Foundation
-
-let notifications = [
-    "AppleColorPreferencesChangedNotification",
-    "AppleAquaColorVariantChanged"
-]
-
-for name in notifications {
-    let notifyEvent = Notification.Name(name)
-    DistributedNotificationCenter.default().post(name: notifyEvent, object: nil)
-}
diff --git a/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-darkmode.sh b/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-darkmode.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fd9d44e..0000000
--- a/stow/.config/matugen/scripts/macos-darkmode.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ "$1" = "dark" ]; then
-  osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to true'
-elif [ "$1" = "light" ]; then
-  osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to false'
-else
-  echo "$0: [dark|light]"
-fi